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Shabby Public Realm
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UntitledCyclist
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Also seen on Eglinton West Bikeway, west of Scarlett Road. What a shambles.
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Undead
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Lately I've reported a bunch of dead streetlights to Toronto Hydro. For all the flack we give them about their utility cuts, they're really quick with lights. Every time I filed a report on their site, they had the light fixed on the next business day, or the one after that at most.
afransen
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In Peel, the instruction is to put pet waste and litter in the garbage. Of course, people do whatever they feel like.
Kitty litter and pet waste - peelregion.ca
Full Metal Junkie
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Update on this:
They fixed the barriers along Martin Goodman Trail:
Replacement mesh screens were installed by riveting them in the exact same way that failed with the old screens. Problem solved until the next major snowfall.
They fixed the barriers along Martin Goodman Trail:
Replacement mesh screens were installed by riveting them in the exact same way that failed with the old screens. Problem solved until the next major snowfall.
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If they had insisted on a redesign I bet it would not have happened for several years!
Full Metal Junkie
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What if they just used a couple more rivets per panel? Maybe that would have only caused a delay of several months?
Northern Light
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Lets give a staff a win here.............you reported this on March 9 and by March 25th (or sooner) it was fixed, ~ 2 weeks.
I think staff deserve kudos on that.
A more comprehensive fix is being discussed (ie, getting rid of this barrier design entirely), but that's a big item that will take time and money. But staff are aware of the failings of this design and have no love for it. This was a necessary repair to deal w/the immediate situation.
bedoozled
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Speaking of Martin Goodman Trail and shabbiness - does anyone have any lore about this abandoned and fenced off looking castle structure that's close to the Casimir Gzowski Park? On Google Earth it's been fenced off and vacant since 2009. It shows the structure was under construction in the 2007 photo. Has it ever...been anything? Why can't it become something, like a restroom, restaurant or rest area? How can it be allowed to just remain in a state of under construction for close to 20 years...there should be some sort of blight tax.
UntitledCyclist
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Hooooo boy, don't get me started on this one.
Really, don't. But here you can find out something about it in this Fixer column from a few years back. The story is egregious and involves the same business/family that holds decades of exclusive rights to food sales in High Park and the western Waterfront.
(gift link): https://www.thestar.com/gift-redeem?t=0528148a-4ca8-42d9-a51e-133d76a2803c
UntitledCyclist
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Two words (and sorry no pics): Unwin Avenue.
How this street remains open to the public in its state of utter disrepair is wild. It's obviously been destroyed by the heavy equipment and trucks that use it constantly. It is heavily cratered, covered mostly in a layer of mud or otherwise a layer of fine gravel that kicks up like a Martian dust storm with any vehicle.
The only real reason I can see to keep it open is access to the sports fields near Cherry, but beyond that it should be shut down until it can be repaved. Cars will be damaged if they haven't already been, and people will get hurt.
edit: I should add it probably needs to stay open for the construction vehicles, but it should be signed and gated or otherwise restricted for other drivers. I recently saw a picture on another thread that appeared to show it closed, but I rode it on the weekend and I didn't see any sign like that, might have been cloaked in the dust clouds though!
How this street remains open to the public in its state of utter disrepair is wild. It's obviously been destroyed by the heavy equipment and trucks that use it constantly. It is heavily cratered, covered mostly in a layer of mud or otherwise a layer of fine gravel that kicks up like a Martian dust storm with any vehicle.
The only real reason I can see to keep it open is access to the sports fields near Cherry, but beyond that it should be shut down until it can be repaved. Cars will be damaged if they haven't already been, and people will get hurt.
edit: I should add it probably needs to stay open for the construction vehicles, but it should be signed and gated or otherwise restricted for other drivers. I recently saw a picture on another thread that appeared to show it closed, but I rode it on the weekend and I didn't see any sign like that, might have been cloaked in the dust clouds though!
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There is a whole thread on Unwin. https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/unwin-ave-undriveable.42914/page-3#post-2377725
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Yes, thank you.